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Wear, as defined by DIN 50320, incurs considerable costs in the steel industry, estimated at around 2.17 billion DM/year. Accounting for the largest share of these costs, at around 1.69 billion DM/year, is the maintenance of unlubricated (925 mill. DM/year) and lubricated tribo-systems (744 mill. DM/year). The reason for such high costs lies in the fact that the tribological problems facing the steel industry are particularly diverse. |
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Friction- and wear-related costs in Germany's steel industry
(approx. 2.17 billion DM/year)
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